Ohio · Private foundation
Walter Henry Freygang Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $735k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 86
- Grants FY2025
- 81
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,690
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,680
- Organizations funded a year
- 69 to 83
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 24
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Walter Henry Freygang Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 84 | $721k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 81 | $687k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 83 | $721k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 80 | $690k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 80 | $629k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 79 | $577k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 69 | $516k | 3% |
| FY2018 | 69 | $493k | 12% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology | $372,675 | 9 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $194,200 | 9 | 0% |
| Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels Inc | $184,060 | 9 | 4% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $147,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Rhode Island School of Design | $147,800 | 9 | 0% |
| University of New Mexico Foundation Inc | $142,190 | 9 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College | $103,830 | 9 | 0% |
| National Society to Prevent Blindness | $100,770 | 9 | 0% |
| American Printing House for the Blind Inc | $98,540 | 9 | 0% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $86,020 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 81 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Walter Henry Freygang Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Columbia Bank Foundation · Owens Group Foundation Inc · Akron Community Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Stephen a Comunale Jr Charitable Foundation · H E Graves Jr Family Foundation Inc · Mg O'Neil Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation Inc · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Firstenergy Foundation
How this is measured
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About Walter Henry Freygang Foundation
- How much does Walter Henry Freygang Foundation give?
- Walter Henry Freygang Foundation reported 86 grants totaling $735,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 69 and 83 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Walter Henry Freygang Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Health (28%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Walter Henry Freygang Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology ($373k), Shriners Hospitals for Children ($194k), Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels Inc ($184k).
- Does Walter Henry Freygang Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Walter Henry Freygang Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Walter Henry Freygang Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbia Bank Foundation, Owens Group Foundation Inc, Akron Community Foundation.
- Where is Walter Henry Freygang Foundation based?
- Walter Henry Freygang Foundation is based in OH.
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